July 15, 2008

• The house is getting paint today I believe and we may be the ones actually holding up the cabinet people.  We want to get the paint in before the cabinets go in and that is supposed to be Thurs/Fri.  Anyway…back up a few weeks. 

  The last week in June I headed northward to Palisade Lake in Southern Utah where the Brower reunion was to be held this year.  It took us about 6 hours and was a nice drive with the kids behaving nicely.  Soon after pulling in to the campground I left the kids with relatives for a moment while I went and checked into our accommodations.  WHAT!  I didn’t bring a tent to rough it with the rest of the family?  Shocker…NOT!  I didn’t think I would enjoy spending more money to buy camp equipment and then have to spend the night in a tent with my 3 small children and hordes of mosquitos.  Ask anyone who was there…I made the RIGHT choice.  The Bed and Breakfast was lovely…if you like late 70′s deco and frequent power outages.  The price was right though, the breakfast was tasty, and we had plenty of hot water, and a king size bed.  I thought it was fun. 

  For the next few days we hung out and played with cousins, mini cousins, aunts, uncles, and siblings.  We ate, rode on a stage coach, square danced (or watched while trying to keep cool in my case), ate more, swam, rafted in the lake, and tried to keep the little ones from drowning.  It was pretty fun. 

  Shayla’s 3rd child, Monson was baptized on Saturday and we had a sacrament/testimony meeting on Sunday.  Both were pretty cool and a little out of the ordinary.  All in all a good time. 

  We headed to Logan on Sunday afternoon.  Katrina was the lucky sibling from Gary’s family chosen to come with us to spend the week and the grandfolks so she rode with us.  Serra was in heaven. 

  We spent the week in Cache Valley eating popsicles mostly trying to keep cool.  Julie, Katrina, and I hit a few antique stores and found a few treasures. 

  I picked up Brian and Adriane at the airport on Wednesday and after dropping Adriane at the cabin in Park City took Brian with me back to Happy Valley. 

  We celebrated the 4th together as a family and with my family in style.  2 firework shows, a program that Dad sang in, and a parade in Paris Idaho.  Small towns do it right.  The parade was awesome yet so small that when the parade got to the end of the street they turn around and come back so there are two parades going on at once.  Awesome. 

  We left from Paris and drove through Wyoming back to Park City where we spent the next 2 days with Brian’s family reunioning.  The kids spent most of the time taking turns on the 4 wheeler.  We pretty much sat around and chatted the whole time. 

  We had Katrina with us and so dropped her off in Ceder City on our way home.  About 5 minutes after leaving the Arnells.  Rosie hollars out, “Where’s Trina.”  I guess she got used to having her around. 

  We made it home and we are scorching here in Vegas once again. 

  

  Here is Serra and Weston cuddling in our lovely room at the Cedar Crest Inn.

  

  The Inn had a lovely view. 

  

  My girls wearing borrowed bonnets for the stagecoach ride. 

  

  Serra got to ride up top.  Sounded bumpy to me.

  

  One of Shayla’s girls…Lexi?

  

  Taking turns on the paddle boat. 

  

  Roaming Rosie

  

  Izzie and Rosie…more alike than not. 

  

  Weston was frequently seen in the Bumbo.

  

  Did I mention that there were snakes and fish in this lake.  I wonder if that would have made a difference had she known.

  

  Rosie gets a ride and is sporting a life jacket that is older than her mother and would not save her life had she fallen in. 

  

  Serra and Gary square dancing.  Nice water wings. 

  

  Rosie just can’t get enough of herself. 

  

  The girls enjoy a nice breakfast. 

  

  Is this not the perfect summer shot?

  

  What my kids look like while traveling. 

  

  Serra and her new puppy.

  

  Serra would love to have one of these kittens.  Sorry Serra, kittens grow up.  So do puppies Rosie.

  

  Weston likes to bounce a lot and Pop is the best place to do it. 

   

  Gathered for fireworks on the Hyper field.

  

  Moving on to the Paris parade.

  

  Rosie isn’t concerned with the parade at this point. 

  

  The kids kept busy with crafts at the cabin. 

  

  Serra and Maiah

  

  Rosie loves to read and you could find her right here most of the time at the cabin.  Serra and Katrina were elsewhere, however. 

  

  Minutes later she was zonked.  Rosie has a soft spot for Grandmas and Grandpas and loves to lap cuddle if one is around. 

  

  Three Burts.  Brian Burton, Weston Burton, and the original Burton.

  

  Wes and his cousin Violet. 

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